What are the negative effects of uncollected garbage on the environment?

      

Give the negative effects of uncollected garbage on the environment.

  

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Maurice
(i) Garbage produces foul smell.

(ii) May cause obstructions on roads/ pavements.

(iii) Some toxins from the garbage pollute the soil/ cause soil pollution.

(iv) Garbage heaps are unattractive/ ugly/ eyesore.

(v) Block drainage systems.

(vi) Garbage washed into water surface causes pollution.

(vii) Organisms that thrive in garbage may transmit diseases.

(viii) Some wastes may cause injury.
maurice.mutuku answered the question on July 4, 2017 at 06:50


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